The Drifter (84) chords by Carl Perkins

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Verse 1
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He  (A major) was a drifter,
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drifting on  (E major) from town to town
He was a drifter that put
John
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 (A major) Brady in the ground
He was a drifter,
E 
true love  (E major) made him go astray
He was a drifter, now in
Am 
 (A minor) Yuma he must stay.
The scene was a western barroom,
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 (D minor) the time  (E major) about sundown.
Am 
That's when the drifter came to  (A minor) town.
He rode into
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Yuma with  (D minor)  (E major) his gun
strapped to his side
Looking for
John
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Brady, the man  (A minor) that took his pride
He walked into the barroom,
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but no one  (E major) knew his name
He spotted old
John
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Brady in  (A minor) a poker game
They walked outside and a thirsty
E 
crowd began  (E major) to gather round
Each man took ten paces,
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but  (A minor) the drifter cut him down
And the marshal took the drifter,
E 
put  (E major) him in the calypso
His hours they were numbered,
Am 
till he'd  (A minor) have to face the deuce
Then darkness came to
E 
Yuma and the  (E major) western town was still
A screamin' leech mob took the
Am 
drifter an (A minor) d   hung him on a hill
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He was  (E major) the  (A major) drifter,
E 
driftin'  (E major) on from town to town
He was the drifter that put
John
A 
 (A major) Brady in the ground
He was a drifter,
E 
true love  (E major) made him go astray
He was a drifter,
Am 
now in  (A minor) the old he must stay
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